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Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody: Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-century England (Hardcover)

by Leonard D. Smith (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 310 pages
  • Publisher: Leicester University Press (15 April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718500946
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718500948
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
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This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended to provide for the 'cure', and 'safe custody' of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It considers the origins of the asylums, how they were managed, the people who staffed them, their treatment practices, and the experiences of the people who were incarcerated. 'Community care' in the late twentieth century has led us to abandon the network of nineteenth century lunatic asylums. This book reminds us of the ideals that lay behind them. The book contains extensive material regarding particular cities/counties, e.g. Nottingham, Lincoln, Stafford, Wakefield, Lancaster, Bedford, West Riding, Norfolk, Cornwall, Dorset, Suffolk, etc.


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Leonard D. Smith is a social worker with the Psychiatric Emergency Team, Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust/Birmingham Social Services. He is also an Honorary Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Research in the Humanities at the University of Birmingham.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good overall coverage of Asylums, 23 Jul 2007
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I found this book to be really informative and useful. It covers ever topic that you would want to research under the title's scope and all in good detail. I would higly recommend this book if you are wanting information on asylums and although it is based in the early nineteenth century it does cover alot of what is relevant about asylums in general.
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